Matt Campbell is an American football coach who is the current head coach at Iowa State University.
Background
Campbell grew up in Ohio and briefly attended the University of Pittsburgh before transferring to Mount Union, where he played defensive line. Campbell was born in Massillon, Ohio. Rick, his father, coached football at Massillon Jackson high school.
Education
Campbell initially attended the University of Pittsburgh on a scholarship in 1998, but transferred to the University of Mount Union after a year.
Career
He was head coach at Toledo from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, Campbell had been an assistant at Toledo, Bowling Green, and Mount Union. At Mount Union Campbell played on the defensive line between 1999–2002.
After college Campbell stayed within Ohio and took a job as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green State University from 2003–2004.
While at Bowling Green Scott Pioli, then the director of player personnel for the New England Patriots, offered Campbell an interview for a job at the team, but Campbell declined. Campbell then went back to Bowling Green for two years, first as offensive line coach (2007) and then as offensive line coach/run game coordinator (2008).
The University of Toledo hired him as the run game coordinator for the 2009 season. This move reunited him with head coach Tim Beckman, defensive coordinator at Bowling Green during Campbell"s first stint there.
Toledo
Toledo promoted Campbell to offensive coordinator in 2010.
Toledo made Campbell the permanent head coach at the end of 2011 when Beckman departed for the University of Illinois. He was 32 years old and the youngest head coach in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Two weeks into the job, Toledo defeated Air Force in the Military Bowl.
Reportedly Campbell passed on a chance to serve on Urban Meyer"s staff at Ohio State University.
Campbell coached four full seasons at Toledo: 2012–2015, amassing a record of 35–15. The 2015 team peaked at Number.
20 in the Associated Press Poll, including a victory over Arkansas. Iowa State
Iowa State University named Campbell its head coach on November 29, 2015, his 36th birthday, replacing the fired Paul Rhoads.